2 Ann Arbor firms fetch military work totaling
$10M

Two Ann Arbor companies that make energy products for the armed forces could do nearly $10 million worth of new business in that market over the next few years after landing new military contract awards or product orders.

Aviation fuels supplier AvFuel Corp. received a new four-year, fixed-price contract worth up to $7.4 million to supply jet fuel for the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian government agencies.

The company made the sole offer in a competitive bidding before the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Support Center in Fort Belvoir, Va. The contract runs through March 2018. In 2010, AvFuel received a four-year, $5.2 million award through the Fort Belvoir agency that was to expire in March.

In other military spending, Arotech Corp. said last week that its Battery and Power Systems Division received $2.4 million in product orders, mostly for military-grade batteries and related systems for military applications.